VIDEO: Chris Christie Running For President In 2016

In his first interview since January of this year when the now famous “Bridgegate” scandal occurred, Chris Christie spoke to Diane Sawyer about how the scandal made him a better leader and also just about admitted he’s going to make a presidential run in 2016.

While in his home in Mendham, NJ Christie told Sawyer that he doesn’t feel responsible for creating the environment that caused his top aides at the time to close down lanes on the George Washington Bridge as political payback.

He was just exonerated from any wrongdoing in the incident and told Sawyer that it was a relief after he heard the news but made it very clear that his administration didn’t hire the law firm to “whitewash” the findings. He also said that he didn’t believe that the scandal would hurt his chances in 2016, saying he was certain it would “make him a better leader” in the long run.

“It defies credulity to me. Which is why when things were first reported, I said, ‘This can’t possibly be true.’ Because who would do something like that? Sometimes, people do inexplicably stupid things,” the governor said to Sawyer.

When Sawyer asked him if he believed that the scandal was done on his behalf since the mayor of Fort Lee didn’t endorse him, Christie said that he didn’t think that was the case.

“I don’t believe it was for me,” he said.

He ended the interview telling Sawyer that he wasn’t ever close to resigning.

“I’m not a quitter,” he said.

“You don’t do that. Certainly, from my perspective, position, I knew I hadn’t done anything wrong, so there is no reason for me to leave. In fact there is even more of a reason for me to stay, to fix it. That’s who I am — someone who has to fix things. Make them better. So, for me it was even more of an incentive not to go.”

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